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Sean Gregory/TIME: What the Knicks’ Championship Means to New York When you love something so much and that adoration goes unrequited for more than a half a century until you suddenly receive a big, beautiful kiss, you’re bound to lose yourself. Hug a stranger. Shed a tear. … Play. The word just sounds happy. You play it,…

David Ignatius/Washington Post: Why Trump and Putin can’t escape their mistakesTwo leaders, two quagmires: How arrogance and isolation become their own trap. Both leaders thought their enemies would capitulate in weeks. Both ignored advisers who warned that victory wouldn’t come so easily. Both still believe they can dictate the outcome, even as the chances of…

Fran Hoepfner/Vulture: The Craziest Night in New York City Was this — bear with me — maybe too many celebs for one basketball game? It’s a little hard to square the New York Knicks’ underdog status with the who’s who of New York City dropping anywhere from several thousand to over a million dollars to be…

If you want details, BOLTS has an excellent capsule summary of what the races were about. South Carolina The Hill: The GOP primary race for governor of South Carolina is projected to head to a runoff between Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) and state Attorney General Alan Wilson (R), according to Decision Desk HQ.  Evette, who is…

New York Times interviews 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley on Alex Pretti: So, the story goes through screenings. It’s very well received. There are notes as always and we do rewrites as always. But this is on a very tight deadline. It’s Sunday; we’re going on the air that night. And in the case of…

The Guardian: ‘The whole of New York is stressed right now’: how Knicks finals fever reached Rikers Island Inside New York’s notorious jail complex, nearly 2,000 incarcerated people watched Game 1 of the NBA finals, arguing calls, roasting celebrity fans and sharing in a rare citywide moment Knicks in four. The New York Knicks are…

Punchbowl: President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends and allies, especially on Capitol Hill. GOP lawmakers are bucking Trump on his White House ballroom, shelving plans to spend $1 billion to secure the new facility and other areas of the presidential compound. The “Trump battleships” are steaming into a wave of skepticism at the House Armed Services Committee as lawmakers…

Ron Brownstein/CNN: A populist will win the Texas Senate race. The question is, which one? Paxton is assailing Talarico with the cultural populism that the GOP has increasingly relied upon to cement its electoral coalition, especially since the rise of Donald Trump as the party’s national leader. Just as quickly, Talarico is lashing Paxton with…

New York Times: The Kennedy Center must remove Trump’s name from the building, a judge orders. Judge Christopher R. Cooper of the Federal District Court in Washington wrote in a 94-page opinion that a law passed by Congress in 1964 made “crystal clear” that the institution was to be named for President Kennedy. New York Times: A…

POLITICO: Paxton win sparks GOP money panicThe challenge for both parties is that Texas is a uniquely expensive state to campaign in. One GOP donor compared the late stages of the Texas runoff — which came to a head when President Donald Trump issued his 11th hour endorsement of Paxton — to a “horror movie.” “It means…

New York Times: Paxton Cruises to Senate Nomination With Trump’s Backing Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, defeated John Cornyn, a four-term Republican senator, in a runoff that confirmed the president’s grip on his party. Mr. Paxton will face the Democratic nominee, James Talarico, in a race with national implications. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee,…

Greg Sargent/TNR: Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free FallA threshold has definitely been crossed in these last couple weeks as Trump shrinks his MAGA base down to its molten core. After Donald Trump launched his war on Iran, a spirited debate broke out among a small set of public intellectuals over an unexpectedly…

New York Times: Senate Republicans delay budget votes as they balk at Trump’s fund. Senate Republicans abruptly abandoned plans to take up a filibuster-proof bill on Thursday to fund President Trump’s immigration crackdown, a stunning turn demonstrating that members of his own party were not willing to risk politically toxic votes to advance the president’s…

Zachary Donnini/X via Threadreader: Georgia State Supreme Court Briefing Tonight’s Georgia Supreme Court elections are receiving significant national attention, as Democrats would need to win both races to have a chance to flip court control by 2028. A victory by either challenger would mark the first time in more than a century that a sitting…

Charles Stewart/Substack: Yet another indicator of the partisan electoral imbalance in 2026Democratic primary turnout is outpacing Republican turnout thus far Predicting election outcomes is as old as political punditry. In a way, looking at current indicators of future outcomes is the appetizer for political obsessives: it settles the nerves while they wait for the main…

CNN: Americans’ anger about the economy hits Trump and Republicans’ midterm prospects It’s President Donald Trump’s economy – and most Americans aren’t happy with it. A new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds that 77% – including a majority of Republicans – say that Trump’s policies have increased the cost of living in their own…

Robert Kagan/The Atlantic: Checkmate in IranWashington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war. It’s hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored. The calamitous losses suffered at Pearl Harbor,…

Stephen Collinson/CNN: Trump is trapped by his own strategy as he grapples for an exit in Iran And as the conflict drags on, its political impact at home further narrows his options. With an approval rating in the 30s, gas prices averaging over $4.50 a gallon and public opposition to the war rising, he’s got no political space to continue…

POLITICO: ‘They’re spinning’: Republicans, grappling with midterm anxiety, go negativeThe White House has been touting the president’s “Big Beautiful Bill.” Republican strategists say voters aren’t buying it — and that the party needs to go negative before it’s too late. “If you talk to the NRCC, they’re spinning,” said one Republican donor and fundraiser, adding…